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Swirling Plasma (November 28, 2011)

This close-up view of a prominence reveals magnetic forces at work as they pull plasma strands this way and that before it gradually breaks away from the Sun over a one-day period (Nov. 14-15, 2011). The activity was observed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory in a wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. This prominence activity is not uncommon, especially now that the Sun's overall level of activity is increasing towards its peak expected around mid-2013.


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Source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/multimedia/potw/potw-75a.html
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Date: 2011-11-28
Identifier: 606863main_75-SwilringProm-orig
Addeddate: 2012-01-26 19:43:58
Publicdate: 2012-01-26 19:44:11

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